GRE Word List
RIDDLE
pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone)
The meaning of the word riddle is pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mincing | affectedly dainty(delicate); V. mince: cut (esp. meat) into very small pieces; walk with exaggerated primness; walk in an unnatural way, taking little short steps; Ex. The actor minced across the stage; CF. mincemeat; CF. mincer |
| equitable | fair; impartial; OP. inequitable |
| motif | theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure |
| slake | satisfy (thirst); quench; sate |
| vulture | carrion-eating birds |
| bastion | stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism |
| infer | deduce; conclude; N. inference |
| milieu | social environment; means of expression; Ex. feel out of one's milieu; Ex. His proper milieu is watercolor. |
| bucolic | rustic; pastoral |
| wring | twist (to extract liquid); extract by twisting; wrench painfully (necks or hands) |
